Kobun
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This thread got me thinking (Too much? ): Mag 'Cocktails'
Lets say:
Well, may be the idea is to have both bullets impact at the same exact time?a closely spaced double tap with one lite & fast round and one heavy & slow round will do more damage than two lite & fast rounds or two heavy & slow rounds
Lets say:
- You can fire two rounds in 0.15 seconds.
- Your gun is a 9mm pistol.
- You have the heavy bullet in the chamber, and then a light, heavy, light... And so on.
- Heavy bullet is XTP 147gr @ 1050fps
- Light bullet is XTP 115gr @ 1300fps
- You and BG are standing on a totally flat horizontal surface.
- How far away has the BG got to be for the bullets to impact at the exact same time?
- How long is the time of flight for the first bullet? Can you figure out the same for the second?
- Will the BG have moved out of the line of fire by the time the bullets reach him?
- Did you hit him? What do you do if you missed?
- Is it a righteous shoot at this distance?
- Does the BG actually stand a chance to hit you? Or to harm you in any way?
- Will you face criminal charges?
- Will the bullets actually reach the BG?
- What will their velocities be?
- Will they expand?
- Does the manufacturer guarantee expansion at these velocities?
- At what angle do you need to tilt the barrel? And how much hold over do you need?
- Will this be the same for both the heavy and the light bullet? (Hint, NO!)
- Do you have time to calculate a new angle for the second shot in that 0.15 seconds? Or have you taped a ballistic chart to your grip?
- Is this chart now under your palm?
- Is this chart laminated and up to date? Did you ever try to shoot with this data? Does it make the grip slippery?
- What is the wind drift like?
- Is there a chance you forgot to chamber a heavy bullet first?
- What happens if you forgot?
- Where will the light (now first) bullet impact, since you fired what you thought was the heavy bullet?
- How far between will the impacts be, as you fired a second time, thinking this was the light bullet?
- How could you be sure the BG was actually a threat?
- Don't you just wish you brought your rifle?
- What rifle did you wish you had brought?
- Can you carry that rifle all day, by yourself?
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